Tomb Raider: I Am Hu Bayi's Cousin

Chapter 12 Entering the Tomb
Hu Ming and Yingzi did not wait for Hu Bayi and his companion in the cave for long.

I heard it ten minutes later
"Make way, Fatty's here!" As soon as he finished speaking, a fat figure slid down a rope.

Hu Ming knew without looking that it was Fatty, and at that moment, Hu Bayi followed Fatty down after he landed.

Hu Bayi ignored the fat man beside him and went to Yingzi to ask, "Are you alright, Yingzi?"

Yingzi shook her head and said, "It's alright, Brother Hu."

Hu Ming then said to Hu Bayi, "Old Hu, Yingzi is fine. She just took a few steps and there was nothing wrong with her." Hu Bayi was relieved to hear this.

"My God, this is amazing!" Fatty Wang shone his flashlight around the tomb chamber twice, his mouth agape in astonishment. "This is so exciting! Mingzi, Lao Hu, is this a tomb?"

The fat man, who had never seen what a tomb chamber looked like in his life, naturally could not imagine that such a large tomb was hidden underground.

It was a completely different world! The fat man took out an entrenching tool from his backpack and handed it to Hu Ming, then gave Yingzi a black donkey hoof.

"Yingzi, take this!"

Yingzi looked at the dark-colored thing the fat man handed her and asked, somewhat confused, "What is this thing?"

Hu Ming then explained to Yingzi, "These are black donkey hooves, used to ward off evil spirits. They can suppress zombies in tombs and prevent corpses from turning into zombies! They're okay for dealing with small zombies, but if you encounter a big one, a whole cart of black donkey hooves won't do any good."

Yingzi, seemingly understanding but not quite, carefully put away the black donkey hoof; after all, it had a purpose.

Hu Ming then continued speaking to Yingzi, "Yingzi, bring out the rabbit you caught."

Upon hearing this, Yingzi pulled a still-alive rabbit from a small burlap sack and said, "Brother Ming, I only managed to catch one rabbit before it fell."

It turns out that after Yingzi caught this rabbit, she saw the trail of another rabbit and chased after it with the dog. As a result, she accidentally jumped into a hole. If Hu Ming hadn't found her small sack in the hole, he wouldn't have thought that Yingzi had a rabbit on her.

Hu Ming laughed after hearing Yingzi's words, "It's alright, one rabbit is enough."

Fatty Wang asked Hu Ming, "Mingzi, what do you need the rabbit for?"

Hu Bayi glanced at him and said on behalf of Hu Ming, "Of course, we'll help scout ahead. Otherwise, Fatty can scout ahead for us."

Upon hearing this, the fat man shook his head vigorously, as if he were about to lose his life.

Experienced people know that when entering an ancient tomb, there will almost always be poisonous gas present. If one enters rashly and an accident occurs, it would be tantamount to suicide.

Seeing this, Hu Ming smiled and said, "Actually, if you don't mind dying from the poison, you can go in and scout ahead for us. That would be fine."

Wang Pangzi retorted angrily, "Scouting the way? I'm not going! Mingzi, you and that old bastard Lao Hu are so heartless! You expect me, Fatty, to go and test the poison? That's cruel!"

Hu Ming smiled when he saw this. Luckily, Yingzi had caught a rabbit, otherwise he would have had to go up and catch another one.

Hu Ming gestured for the fat man to take out all the things they had brought; everything was prepared perfectly.

"Hey, Mingzi, you've got everything. So, you and Fatty planned this all along, right?" Seeing all the prepared things, how could Hu Bayi not understand?

Hu Ming chuckled and said, "Old Hu, why don't you handle this? You have some experience, more or less."

"Alright," Hu Bayi thought, "there's no point in objecting now." He simply agreed. Hu Bayi then found a thin rope, tied one leg of the wild rabbit that Yingzi had caught, and quickly put it into the tomb passage.

A little while later...

"How is it?" the fat man asked Hu Bayi.

Looking at the somewhat listless wild rabbit, Hu Bayi said, "The rabbit seems listless; the air inside doesn't seem very good. Let's wait a while. The entrance to this burrow was initially covered by something, so the air doesn't circulate. Let's rest here for a bit."

"Okay, then wait a while." Not long after, once the rabbit had recovered, Hu Bayi checked the air in the tomb passage again. This time, he put in the same rabbit that had recovered. This time, the wild rabbit no longer showed the previous symptoms of lethargy. Hu Bayi confirmed that the air was basically fine.

For ten minutes, no sounds of any mechanisms or arrows being activated were heard, so it seemed that it should be safe.

After confirming that there was no danger, Hu Bayi released the rabbit, and the group followed it forward. However, the released rabbit did not run very fast, but hopped forward step by step. Hu Ming guessed that it had been tormented by Hu Bayi throwing it over and pulling it back several times.

At this moment, the fat man handed the flashlight to Hu Bayi: "Old Hu, flashlight!"

"Okay!" Hu Bayi took the flashlight and looked at all the directions in front of, behind, and behind the tomb passage.

Looking at the tomb passage, Hu Bayi asked Hu Ming beside him, "Mingzi, did you notice anything unusual?"

Hu Ming replied, "Special? Nothing special. If I had to say anything special, it was just that when I came in, I had this feeling that things here shouldn't be so simple. Don't forget, we looked at the feng shui layout here last night. This tomb is at least a general's tomb. A general's tomb, do you think it can be simple?"

"Old Hu, where's the rabbit?" At this moment, Fatty suddenly noticed that the rabbit that Hu Bayi had thrown in earlier was gone.

"This is really strange," the fat man said, and started to walk deeper into the tomb passage to see if there were any traces of rabbits.

"Fatty, don't move! Everyone, don't move!" Hu Ming suddenly stopped everyone.

Hu Bayi frowned upon seeing this. He took out a round water bottle and rolled it forward, but it suddenly flipped over and disappeared without a trace.

"Damn, there really is a mechanism!" The fat man's face was a sight to behold as he watched this scene.

Just now, the fat guy was thinking of going there to stomp his feet...

At this moment, watching this scene unfold before his eyes, the fat man's face was a truly fascinating sight.

Hu Bayi then said in a deep voice, "Fatty, be careful, this is no joke."

Wang Pangzi nodded. Hu Bayi was still a little worried, after all, he knew Pangzi's character well, so he said to Hu Ming and Yingzi, "Yingzi, Mingzi, you two keep an eye on Pangzi and don't let him touch anything recklessly."

Hu Ming and Yingzi both smiled and nodded upon hearing this, while the fat man said unhappily, "What's wrong? Don't you believe me anymore? Are we still brothers?"

Hu Ming then laughed and said, "My dear Fatty, you almost died twice today, you know?"

"That one from this morning...this one..."

Upon hearing this, Fatty Wang was speechless.

Hu Bayi patted him on the shoulder and continued walking carefully forward.

(End of this chapter)